Prayer

Contentment

Philippians 4:11

… prayers of the congregation.” Right well was the prayer asked, for when we go up the hill we need prayer that we may be kept steady. Going down …

Great Forgiveness for Great Sin

Ephesians 1:7

… He did not let him finish his prayer with the request that he might be taken on as a hired servant. That part which was legal he stopped …

Number 2500—or, "Entrance and Exclusion"

Matthew 25:10

… You used to be at the Prayer Meeting, you even became a member of the church! You carried your religion for a time, but what has become of …

The Soul's Best Food

Isaiah 55:2

… They have two or three minutes for their morning prayer and just a few verses of Scripture. There are some who go all day without any spiritual meat …

Beware of Unbelief

2 Kings 7:2

… There was at least one man in the city who had power with God in prayer, and perhaps a band of the sons of the prophets was with …

Compassion on the Ignorant

Hebrews 5:2

… You are not hearers of the Gospel, not people who even practice a form of prayer. You are avowedly out of the way. Listen then, while I tell …

Sychar's Sinner Saved

John 4:10

… An occasional prayer, when you are half-asleep at night—now and then an expression of a wish that you were better—that is all the effort you …

Holding Fast Our Profession

Hebrews 10:23

… Thus you have in frequent feasts of love confessed your joyful hope!" And beside that, in many a Prayer Meeting you have been present and, by your very …

Prayer 19 — God's Unspeakable Gift

O Lord, many of us feel like the lame man at the Beautiful Gate of the temple. Come by this way and make the lame ones perfectly sound …

A Searching Question

1 Samuel 30:13

… There is a little room upstairs, your closet of devotion, or perhaps you use your bedside for prayer. I would like to know how you behave there. It …

The Queen Of The South, Or The Earnest Enquirer

Matthew 12:42

… You have been bid to come—hundreds of times in this House of Prayer has the voice been heard crying, "The Spirit and the Bride say, Come." Even …

The Safeguards of Forgiveness

2 Samuel 12:13

… minister edification to anybody—that I, who have had power with God in prayer, should be put out of temper by a poor silly maid, or be made …

The Consecration of Priests

Exodus 29:1

… Dear Brothers and Sisters, if you desire to worship God aright in holy labor, or prayer, or praise, you must go to your engagements dressed in the Righteousness …

The Form and Spirit of Religion

1 Samuel 4:3

… I would point you to our solemn song, to our sacred service of prayer; and I would point you also—and I think I am right in so …

Mary'S Song

Luke 1:46

… When we meet with our kinsfolk and acquaintance, let it be our prayer to God that our communion may be not only pleasant, but profitable. Let us pray …

The Incomparable Bridegroom and His Bride

Solomon 5:9

… She cannot fly, nor reach her Lord, but her heart longs after Him, so she cries, "Draw me, we will run after You." While she prays the prayer …

Holding Fast the Faith

Revelation 2:12

… When we draw near to God, what is our strength wherewith to prevail in prayer? Is it not that we ask in the name of Jesus? If you …

Shoes of Iron, and Strength Sufficient: A New Year's Promise

Deuteronomy 33:24-25

… Years gone by there were considerable necessities which did not appear to be met at once, and I went with them to God in prayer, and I trusted …

A Great Sermon by the Greatest Preacher

Matthew 3:17

… Sometimes, when I have been very earnestly pleading with the Father in prayer, I have felt as if I could cry, "Hear me, O God, hear me, O …

Delight in the Almighty

Job 22:26

… Lastly, let us abide in continual prayer. Verse 27—"You shall make your prayer unto Him, and He shall hear you, and you shall pay your vows." Lack …

Abraham, A Pattern To Believers

Hebrews 11:9

… You must believe that God hears prayer. You must believe that He will punish the guilty and that He will reward the righteous. Without this sure faith you …

Unknown Depths and Heights

Luke 23:34

… And He breathes a prayer, "Father, forgive them"—My murderers, the rough men who have stripped Me, the cruel men who have nailed My hands and pierced My …

A Plain Man's Sermon

Leviticus 22:21

… If you attend a Prayer Meeting, or teach a class, or preach a sermon, you must not do it with a view to your own selves in any …

What Is Your Life?

James 4:14

… Therefore I invite you to join me in the prayer, "So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom." II. Secondly, let …

The Lowly King

Zechariah 9:9

… Your room may be very humble; what cares he for that? He will come, and hear your prayer. Many a time Jesus has had no room to pray …

I Was Before

1 Timothy 1:13

… You can wrestle with the Angel of God in prayer and prevail, now, but once you were more familiar with the devil than you were with the Angel …

The Resurrection of the Dead

Acts 24:15

… There are some of you who have no time for prayer, but you have time enough for your toilet; you have no time for the prayer-meeting, but …

The Burden of the Word of the Lord

Malachi 1:1

… If after much love and prayer you refused the word, I could do no more. But I certainly should not speak with bated breath to please you. And …

Dangerous Lingering

Genesis 19:16

… He recollects the rearing of the family altar, when prayer was made a household institution. He can well remember the earnest entreaties made that the father's sin …

Forty Years

Deuteronomy 2:7

… To do it rightly a man needs to be taught of God and if we have not been so taught, it is well to offer the prayer, "So …

Wake Up! Wake Up!

Romans 13:11

… And you can keep on teaching in the Sunday school, pay your religious contributions punctually, maintain the habit of family prayer and even your private devotions may not …

Why Men Reject Christ

Luke 9:52

… Look on the vast mass of London's population never going to any House of Prayer to hear about Jesus. There is but little reading of the blessed …

The Lord's Knowledge, Our Safeguard

2 Peter 2:9

… The only weapon they could handle was the weapon of all-prayer, as they cried out in their anguish, "My God, my God, why have You forsaken me …

God's Love to the Saints

1 John 3:16

… O God, whom I have offended, provide for me a Savior and deliver me from Your wrath!" No prayer came from Adam's lips, nor even a confession …

Our Thoughts About God's Thoughts

Psalm 139:17

… There would be none of the spirit of prayer if He did not work it in us. There would be no spirit of sonship if the Holy Spirit …

Lingerers Hastened

Genesis 19:16

… You can continue in prayer for them. You can stir up the arm of God and beseech the Most High to come to the rescue. There have been …

Eating the Sacrifice

Exodus 29:33

… But you will never be men of prayer unless you feed on Christ, I am sure of that. If Christ is not in your heart, intercessory prayer will …

Love's Complaining

Rev 2:4

… I therefore feel at this time that we may well join in a prayer to our Lord Jesus to come into our midst and put our light in …

The Census of Israel

Numbers 16:66

… God grant they may! Our prayer is, "Let Your work appear unto Your servants and Your Glory unto their children." We are content to take the work if …

Psalm 76

Psalm 76

… In the story we read how that Sennacherib's overthrow was from Hezekiah's prayer in the temple; for upon Sennacherib's letter, and Hezekiah's hearsay of …